Stock-car



G. I. OEHRL.

- STOCK GAR.

(No Model.)

Patented Oct. 17, 1882.

JOMM BY (f ATTORNEYSQ' Usrreo States ATENT @rrrcs.

GEORGE F. ()EHRL, OF BELLE VERNON, PENNSYLVANIA.

STOCK-CAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 266,190, dated October17, 1832,

Application filed March 9, 1852.

To all whom it may concern I Be it known that I, Gnonen F. ()EHRL, ofBelle Vernon, in the county of Fayette and State of Pennsylvania, haveinvented a new and Improved Stock-Oar, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact description.

-The object of my invention is to facilitate the feeding of stock duringtransportation.

This invention is an improvement on the stock-ear for which UnitedStates Letters Patent No. 253,418 were issued to me on the 7th ofFebruary, 1882.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthisspecification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding part in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional elevation of my improved stock-car,showing one of the sections of the movable floor raised and the otherlowered. Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional elevation of the same, showing oneof the sections of the movable floor lowered. Fig. 3 is an end elevationof my improved stock-car. Fig. 4 is a detail longitudinal elevation of apart of the gates of the car.

The vertically-movable floors or platforms A are suspended by chains Bfrom a shaft, (J, (-ZX- tendinglongitudinally below the top of the car,and provided at the ends with crank O and ratchetand pawl B. By windingthe chains 13 on the shaft 0 the floors or platforms can be raised up tothe ceiling of the car.

Hook-rods I) are pivoted to the inner sides of the car, near the upperedge of the same, and when the platforms or floors are lowered the booksat thefree ends of the rodsDare passed through loops or staples a in thetop of the floors or platforms A. These rodsD thus serve to assist insupporting and holding the floors orplatformswhen thesamearelowered.Vhen the floors or platforms A are raised the hooks at the ends of therods 1) are passed into or through loops or staples I) on thecrosspieces E of the car-roof.

The car-roofisprovided with aseries of gates or small doors, g, whichare opened to permit inserting the arm for detaching the hooks. at theends of the rods D from the staples or loops at and I).

A swinging end-gate, F, is pivoted to the top of the car, so as to adaptthis gate to swing the platform Ais raised.

(No model.)

downward, as shown in Fig. 1, when one floor or platform Ais lowered. Aswinging gate, G, is pivoted to the car-floor below the gate F. If oneof the floors or platforms A is lowered, as shown in Fig. 1, sheep canbe placed on this platform, hogs below the platform, and cattle orhorses in the other half of the ear in which The gates F and Gr preventthe sheep and hogs from passing out of their compartments.

Folding-troughs H H are pivoted to the inner sides of the car in tworows, one above the other, so that the animals on the lowered platform Acan be fed by means of the upper troughs, H, and the animals on thecar-floor can be fed by means of the bottom troughs H. These troughs arelined with rubber or leather, and are adapted to be folded into recessesin the inner sides of the car. Locking-strips J are pivoted on the outersurfaces of the folding troughs, and when the troughs are to be held inthe recesses these strips J are turned so that their edges pass intorecesses in the rails I above and below the troughs. \Vhen the troughsare to be used the strips J are turned to be parallel with the troughsand. the front sides of the troughs are drawn outward.

Hay-racks K, composed of two hinged sections, K K are hinged to theunder sides of the platforms A at the longitudinal edges of the same.These hay-rack sections are provided with screw-bolts (1 at the outeredges and at the joints. The ends of these bolts dfit into correspondingapertures in the under side of the platforms A, and by means of thesebolts the racks Kean be held to rest fiat against the bottom of theplatform A, as shown on the lefthand side of Fig. 2; or the hay-rack canbe lowered at the middle, as shown at the righthand side of Fig. 2, andcan be locked in this position by the bolts d.- When the platformA israised and the hayracks adjusted for use the hay can be passed into therack through openings L in the upper corners of the ends of the cars,which openings are to be closed by closelylitting swinging or slidingdoors or gates M, which prevent sparks from passing through theseopenings into the hay in the racks.

A feed-box, N, rests on the car-roof, and on this box N two water-tanks,0, rest, which are provided with cocks l for conducting the water fromthe tanks 0 into the box D. These tanks are lined with metal, leather,rubber, or other suitable analogous material.

Pipes Q extend from the boxN to the troughs H, and the upper and lowertroughs II are connected bypipes Q. The pipe Q is surrounded by aboxing, 1t.

L-shaped hooks S are provided at the sides of the car for holding andsupporting the platforms A when the same areraised.

A hasp, T, with an aperture or slot at the end, is pivoted to the lowerpart of the upper door, V, and a like hasp, T, is pivoted to the upperpart of the lower door, V. Both hasps T T can be pressed over a stapleor loop, \V, on the middle cross-piece, Y, forming a support for theupper door, V.

The feedcut or chopped hay or straw-is placed into the feed-box N, andwater is ad mitted into the box N. A cock in the pipe Q, is opened andthe water and feed tlow from the box N into the troughs H H. Then cleanwater is admitted into the box N, and after cleaning and washing thesame passes through the pipes Q to the troughs and washes them. Thesetroughs must be provided with apertures or openings or waste-pipes,through which the water and the remnants of feed can pass otl'. Thestock can thus be fed very conveniently duringtransportation. The carcan be adjusted very rapidly for any kind of stock, or it can be used tocarry freight.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- l. The vertically-movableplatforms A, having the top loops, to, and tlexibly suspended from ashalt extending longitudinally below the top of car, and provided withend cranks,

G,in combination with aratchetand pawl, and hook-rods pivoted to theinner sides of the car by staples b, as and for the purpose specified.

2. The combination, with the vertically'movable platform A, of the gatesF G, the latter pi voted below the former and adapted to swing, asshown, and for the purpose set forth.

3. The folding troughs H, pivoted to the inner sides of the car in rows,one above another, whereby the animals on the platform and on theear-floor may be respectively fed, as de scribed.

4. The combination, with a stock-car, of the verticallyadjustableplatforms A and the folding hay-racks K, pivoted to the under sides ofthese platforms, substantially as herein shown and described, and forthe purpose set forth.

5. The combination, with a stock-canof the vertically-adjustableplatforms A and the folding hay-racks K, composed of hinged sections K Kand the screw-bolts d for locking the hay-racks in position,substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose setforth. 1

6. The combination, with a stock-car, of the vertically adjustableplatforms A, the folding hay-racks K, and the gates or doors M in theends of the car, substantially as herein shown and described, and forthe purpose set forth.

7. The combination, with a stock-car, of the troughs H, the feed-box N,the water-tanks O on the feed-box,and the pipes Q,leading from thefeed-box to the troughs, substantially as herein shown and described,and for the pun pose set forth.

GEORGE 1*. ()EHRL.

Witnesses:

J. J. HoUsEMAN, l). H. KuEPrs.

